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SIGNATURE JOHN MILLETTE
TITLE SECRETARY
[LOGO]
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Scudder Tax Free Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights (hereinafter referred to as "financial statements") of Scudder Medium
Term Tax Free Fund for the five months ended ended May 31, 1999, we considered
its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Scudder Medium Term Tax Free Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
May 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Trustees of Scudder Tax Free Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 19, 1999
[LOGO]
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Scudder Tax Free Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights (hereinafter referred to as "financial statements") of Scudder
Limited Term Tax Free Fund for the seven months ended May 31, 1999, we
considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Scudder Limited Term Tax Free Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
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and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.
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risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
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be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
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This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
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/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 1, 1999
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